Paramount Around the World (1927)

T H eS rOREIGN! LEGION! PLEDGE THE PLATES ON THE DESKS, AND THE DESKS ON THE WAY Services of a camera and the lighting staff of Letvis Nathans department have been called in to augment the printed announcement that silver plates have been affixed to each of the Desks, and that the Desks are on their respective ivays to Rome, Buenos Aires, Barcelona and Paris. Our various scenes here shew the plates. The wording on them is plainly visible. The Desks were officially removed from the Paramount Building at the Crossroads of the W orld around the middle of February, and have since been careftdiy crated by Traffic Manager P. H. Stilsons department, and the staff of the Storehouse under Manager A. Craig, and despatched on their IL SIG. SHAUER RITORNA A NEW YORK La Direziotie della Sede Sociale e stata ben felice di dare il benvenuto al Sig. Shauer, di ritorno dalle Grand! Strade Maestre del Mondo, il giorno 9 febbraio. Egli arrive snl “Berengaria” e, a causa della nebbia, il bastiniento approdo con oltre un giorno di ritardo. Gli alti funzionari della Paramount accolsero col inassimo interesse le straordinarie notizie del viaggio del Duce della Legione Estera, il quale viaggio ha coinpreso una rapida rassegna delie condizioni in Europa entro un periodo di quattro mesi. L’ORGANO “STUDIO NEWS” HA UN ARTICOLO SULLE SCRIVANIE L’organo ufficiale del Dipartimento di Produzione Paramount, "Studio News,” ha dato notevole rilievo alia Campagna delle Scrivanic del Dipartimento Estero, nel suo numero del lo febbraio. Il titolo principale proprio in cima alia prima pagina, dice "La scrivania di Lasky va in Argentina” e I’articolo principale della prima pagina era un riassunto della Campagna e lista dei vincitori. Abbiamo riprodotto questa prima pagina in un'altra parte di questo numero. EMILE JANNINGS DANS “LE PATRIOTE” Grands progres sont en train sur le nouveau film d’Emile Jannings — “Le Patriote” — , que dirige le metteur en scene Ernst Lubitsch. Il est entendu que ce film sera le plus grand film que Jannings ait a jamais fait, et la distribution des roles a etait faites d’une maniere splendide. A la tete des roles principaux nous avons, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Florence Vidor, Tullio Carminati et Vera Voronina. way eastward and southward over the Atlantic. Here’s a final congratulation to the four divisions of sturdy Legionnaires who won the Desks. I AN HISTORIC LETTER \ • Undoubtedly you will be interested in J ‘ reading the text of the letter which was ! ! sent to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, of 1 1 France, inviting him to the opening of | ! the Paramount Theatre, Paris, last No | ; vember. The text of the invitation, J ! which the Marshal accepted, follows: I LE PARAMOUNT Paris, le 12 Novembre 1927 Monsieur le Marechal, Le Con.seil d’ Administration de la Societe Immobiliere du V audeviUe a fixe an 24 Novembre prochain, a 9 hen res du soir, Tinaiiguration du nouveau Theatre ‘‘Le Paramount.” Cette date con.sacrera la cooperation feconde, d'oii est sorti, grace au.\ efforts combines des artistes et des industriels Franqais et Americains. le monument le plus important edifie dans ce genre a Paris. Nous venons vous demander. Monsieur le Marechal, ain.si qiTa Madame la Marechale, de vouloir bien honorer de votre presence cette Soiree de Gala pour laquelle des places vous ont etc specialement reservees. Dans Tespoir de votre acceptation nous vous prions d’agreer. Monsieur le Marechal, Thommage de notre consideration la plus haute et la plus distinguee. Pr le CONSEIL D’ ADMINISTRATION Le Comite d’Organisation : Duchesse d’Uzes Duchesse de Gramont Marquise de Ganay Comtesse de Galard General Berdoulat Comte de Beaumont (signee) M. P. PEIXOTTO, President Monsieur le Marechal FOCH TOUS RECORDS SURPASSES PAR “THE LAST COMMAND” Le plus recent film Paramount, ayant Emil Jannings pour vedette — ,“The Last Command" — ,a aisement surpasse tons records, an Theatre Rialto, New York City. Ce film est maintenant dans sa sixieme semaine, et restera a ce theatre pour bien des semaines a venir. Pendant les deux premieres semaines les recettes depasserent Cent Mille Dollars. SENSACIONAL NUMERO DE “EL MATADOR” Para senalar el comienzo de lo que todo Legionario crec intimamente que sera el ano mas importante de la Division de la cual “El Matador” es su organo oficial, esta simpatica publicacion de los Legionarios espanolcs ha aparecido con un traje flamante y nuevo. En ese numero se publican cablegramas de felicitacion de la oficina principal de la Paramount con motivo de la Natividad; fotografias de los altos directorcs de esa Com])ania : tin sentido triliuto del personal de las oficinas de Espana a su director gerente senor Messcri, y otras muchas noticias de intercs e importancia. El aspccto material de “El Matador”, como salido de los taileres de la casa barcelonesa Oliva de Vilanova, es excelente. Siticeramente felicitamos a cuantos ban intervenido en la confeccion de tan elegante numero. “CHANG” IS SUPERBLY EXPLOITED IN FLORENCE, ITALY From Mr. Aldo Vergano, manager of the publicity department of the Paramount Head Office in Rome, we have received a wonderful array of material telling the story of the supremely successful season of “Chang” in Florence, Italy. This season was made into the nature of a positive triumph due to the grand work done by Mr. Cesare Aboaf, Branch Manager at Florence; and it was followed by another triumphant season at Bologna, where Branch Manager Mario Annovazzi did grand work for the picture. It is not our purpose to allow these two wonderful seasons to pass merely with brief announcements. And as a consequence of this we herewith announce that since the grand array of pictorial and printed evidence of these two seasons has come to our hands just when this issue of The Foreign Legion Pledge is in the press, we are reserving a large amount of space for the display of the evidence in the next issue of this magazine. We want, however, to take this opportunity of showing the remainder of the world that every Legionnaire will have to bei well up on his toes to beat the performance of the Italian Division with “Chang.” LEGION’S LEADER IN SPAIN The arrival of Messrs. E. E. Shauer and Melville Shauer at the central railway station at Barcelona. With them in this picture are Messrs. Messeri (second from right), Ponedel (left), Vidal Gomis (third from right) and Lafuente (editor of “El Cine”). Mr. Shauer was accorded a spontaneously splendid reception in Spain, where the Legionnaires were so happy over the winning of Mr. Kent’s desk that they gave over the cover of “El Matador” to a picture of the Desk and an announcement of the great things they are going to do during 1928 to show that the winning of the Desk was but the first chapter in the Success March of the Matador Division. Page Seventeen